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Guaiagorgia anas Grasshoff & Alderslade 1997
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Guaiagorgia anas Grasshoff & Alderslade, 1997
Guaiagorgia anas Grasshoff & Alderslade, 1997: 24, fig. 1–4 (New Caledonia).
Opinion: There is no evidence this species occurs in the region.
Justification:
These Indian records seem to be either invalid or unconfirmable: Fernando 2011: 108–109, pl. 66, fig. 1–1d (Cuddalore); Fernando et al. 2017: 216, pl. 99, fig. 1–1d (Cuddalore).
Literature analysis: The accounts given by Fernando (2011); Fernando et al. (2017) are identical but the sclerite figures are rather unclear and would appear not to show the range of forms mentioned in the text. The material does appear to be a species of Guaiagorgia but G. anas does not have sclerites like the two long pointed forms in plate 99, fig. 1d.
Notes
Published as part of Ramvilas, Ghosh, Alderslade, Philip & Ranjeet, Kutty, 2023, The taxonomy of Indian gorgonians: an assessment of the descriptive records of gorgonians (Anthozoa: Octocorallia: Alcyonacea) recorded as occurring in the territorial waters of India, along with neighbouring regions and the Andaman and Nicobar Islands, and the highlighting of perceived unethical practice, pp. 1-124 in Zootaxa 5236 (1) on page 75, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.5236.1.1, http://zenodo.org/record/7639327
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Additional details
Identifiers
Biodiversity
- Scientific name authorship
- Grasshoff & Alderslade
- Kingdom
- Animalia
- Phylum
- Cnidaria
- Order
- Alcyonacea
- Family
- Gorgoniidae
- Genus
- Guaiagorgia
- Species
- anas
- Taxon rank
- species
- Taxonomic concept label
- Guaiagorgia anas Grasshoff, 1997 sec. Ramvilas, Alderslade & Ranjeet, 2023
References
- Grasshoff, M. & Alderslade, P. (1997) Gorgoniidae of Indo-Pacific reefs with description of two new genera (Coelenterata: Octocorallia). Senchenbergiana biologica, 77 (1), 23 - 35.
- Fernando, S. A. (2011) Monograph on Gorgonids (Sea fans) of India. Centre of Advanced Study in Marine Biology, Faculty of Marine Sciences, Parangipettai, 145 pp.
- Fernando, S. A, Venkataraman, K. & Raghunathan, C. (2017) Gorgonians of Indian sea. Director, Zoological Survey of India, Kolkata, 330 pp. Available from: https: // www. nhbs. com / (accessed 21 March 2022)